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Chevy Bel Air 01 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"Nor" at the beginning of a sentence

0 could anyone write down a couple of sentences which begins with "nor". 02br
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00"Nor is there a trace of those rivers of milk, wine, fresh waterand honey described with such flourish, not in the Koran, but by visionary dreamers like Ibn Arabi."02br
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0 The word 'nor' is a conjunction and would typically be used in mid-sentence.02br
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00Your sentence adds additional negative ideas to ones that have already been stated in a previous sentence.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I have explained the situation again and again but you refuse to accept it. 01b00Nor do you even try to do so.02b02br
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00Some people never stop talking. 01b00Nor do they ever listen to what you say, which is worse.02b02br
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0You mean02br
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00"I haven't encountered the rivers flowing beside the silver and gold kiosks of Heaven, the broad-leaved trees bearing plump fruit and the beautiful virgins mentioned in the Glorious Koran - though I do very well recall how often and enthusiastically I made pictures of those wide-eyed houris described in the chapter "`That Which Is Coming.
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01cite10Puzzled12cite10Hi,12br
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10I have explained the situation again and again but you refuse to accept it. 11b10Nor do you even try to do so.12b12br
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10Some people never stop talking. 11b10Nor do they e
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0 Hi Chevy Bel Air02br
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00To say the same thing that Puzzled said, you could say this:02br
00Some people never stop talking. They01b00 also do not 02b00listen to what you say, which is worse.02br
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00Yes, your original use of 'nor' is similar to 'neither ... nor'. The "neither" part would have been stated in a pre
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